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    <p>I have a model, and I have a view that displays a form for creating a new object based on that model. Let's call that form, <code>Form1</code>.</p> <p>Once the user submits <code>Form1</code>, the object is created. I then want to display, on the following page, a second form <code>Form2</code>, which asks the user to check off various options before the object is saved to the database.</p> <p>My problem is probably extremely basic. I don't know how to create <code>Form2</code>, given that it is not tied directly to the model. Because I am a <code>Rails</code> newbie, I have only created forms as following:</p> <pre><code>form_for(@object) { |f| ... } </code></pre> <p><em><code>@object</code> is an object instantiated from the model</em></p> <p><strong>Problem</strong>: I do not believe that kind of code will work for my purposes here. How do I create <code>Form2</code>, given that it must not be based on <code>@object</code> or <code>@object</code>'s model?</p> <p><strong>Some specifics from my app</strong>: </p> <p>The site accepts values (<code>Form1</code>) before redirecting to an <code>OAuth</code> server. </p> <p>When the user verifies her credentials on the <code>OAuth</code> server, she is redirected back to my site. An <code>XML-RPC</code> request then retrieves information about the user's account on the <code>OAuth</code> server. </p> <p>The <code>XML</code> response may indicate that the user has only one account on the <code>OAuth</code> server. If so, some values are retrieved from the <code>XML</code> and added to the object--which is then (finally) saved in the database--and the user is redirected to a success page. </p> <p>However, if the <code>XML</code> response indicates that the user has multiple accounts on the <code>OAuth</code> server, I want to display a form (<code>Form2</code>) that allows the user to select which accounts on the OAuth server to associate with my site. So <code>Form2</code> really asks the user <em>how many</em> objects to create, rather than about specific attributes of an object.</p>
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